Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-27
countries what odd pieces OF patchwork

countries what oQd pieces OF PATCHWORK
they were.
Mary OF them look as il the builder had
first erected a large, square house, aud
as time passed on and more room was
required, cut q hole In the attic roof and
had a windowput in then added q gable
end; afterwards TO save space built q
| chimney up On the outside.
Each time Mn addition wss made he
painted it such a color az he happened
to have on hand or was most convenient
of access.
When by this process the original de-
sign was lost and the building completed
because there was 40 place left to out a
window or add u gable or build a chin
ney the whole building very much re-
sembles both in color and appearance-
the crazy quilt of the present day.
Still, patched though they be they are
often very pretty.
Every where in the world we see evi.
dences of patchwork, not alone IN quilis
and houses and garments but in human
beings themselves, both III character and
in education.
As no two pieces of patch work ever
made were exactly alike IN every detail,
so too no two persons in form, features,
4 SuuChllOl vi CuAEbSboE hI6 tAhCtly utlh6.
Dickens gives many striking instances
OF this in the characters he presents to
his readers, the very oddly and moon.
gruity of which testify to their truth.
fullness.
The pictures of Daniel Quilp and
Iohabod Crane drawn so ylvidly by
Dickens and Irving are doubtless, but
"highly colored photographs of really
existing characters"
Some people are eve patching up
their bad habits with good amendments
Generally this sort of patch work is sc
poorly done that it does not last for any
length of time. The stitches teal out
and a new patch must be put on tt
cover the rent.
Look at poor Rip Van Wrinkle, good
kind and harmless, but unfortunate. Witt
the threatening vision of Gretchen be-
fore his eyes he was ever patching uI
his bad habit of drinking too much anc
too often with good resolutions. The
good resolutions were invariable broker
and the new patch was put on to cove
the unBightly stain on his moral charac'
ter. Occasionally however good resolu'
lions and amendments are sewed on t.
the character 30 firmly that the bad habi
is covered from the mortal view forever
This kind of patches is sewed on will
the thread of strong villa thread 8,
strong and enduring that it never breaks
Some peoples education is o fai
specimen of patchwork prototype ii
fact OF the crazy quilt. Here is q small
piece of grammer and o very small on,
of spelling, q large sober piece Of Latin
q gorgeous one of French or Italian.
very unpretending piece OF mathematic
and q triangular hit of botany ell g
loosely stitched togethes that they 500
break apart.
While this sort of patchwork may serv
well enough for quilts it is hardly fttet
to stand the wear and tear of the journe
of life. Z
There are not enough of the goo
, strong pieces which daily come in cor
tact with the rough places we shall SURE
, ly meet along the road.
!. Some people too learn a little of thi
: and that and thus go through life will
q patched up experience exeelling
' nothing,
, Whatever we undertake to do W
should do thoroughly and well, so tina
!. when "life ftful dream, is o'er,' WE ma
= present to our Heavenly Father charaete
beautifu! IN the knowledge of the truth
lovely in purity, harmonious in proper
ton and strong in that undylng fait
: which shall serve to light n way be
, yond the boundaries of this earthly iii
! to the eternal glories OF the real Lii
. which is to come.